Thursday, October 11, 2012

Dehradun, October 11
The Dehradun police today resorted to a lathi charge on VHP
and Bajrang Dal workers after they forcibly tried to take possession of a
house in Race Course locality of Dehradun.
According to police sources, Ravi Mittal and Mahendree Devi had a
house at G 11 Race Course. Both Ravi Mittal and Mahendree Devi passed
away some time back. Today, Subash Mittal, brother of deceased Ravi
Mittal, who is a Deputy Director with the CBI, Delhi, reached Race
Course in order to take the possession of the house. He was aghast to
find a Bajrang Dal board at the house. The Bajrang Dal workers even
manhandled Subhash Mittal and damaged his car, HR 26 BF 7200. Subhash
Mittal reported the matter to the police.SP, Dehradun City,
Dilip Singh Kunwar, accompanied by a police force reached Race Course
and tried to calm down things. But BJP MLAs Ganesh Joshi
and Sahdev Pundir tried to argue from Bajrang Dal's side, whereas
Congress MLA Rajkumar accompanied by other Congress workers came to
Subhash Mittal's rescue. The verbal duel between BJP and Congress workers turned into a full-scale scuffle, forcing
the police to go for a lathi charge, resulting in minor injuries to a few persons.Deputy
Director, CBI, Delhi, Subash Mittal, said the Race Course house belongs
to him and it was his paternal property. He also claimed possessing the
papers of the property. On other side, VHP workers claimed that the
deceased Ravi Mittal had donated the property to VHP.Meanwhile, the district administration has
sealed the property till further action.